1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and
so form a group. Which is the one that
does not belong to that group ?
(A) Stem
(B) Tree
(C) Root
(D) Branch
(E) Leaf
Ans : (B)
2. In a certain code FINE is written HGPC.
How is SLIT written in that code ?
(A) UTGR
(B) UTKR
(C) TUGR
(D) RUGT
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
3. If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in
ascending order, what will be the
difference between the digits which are second from the
right and fourth from the left in the
new arrangement ?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) None
Ans : (D)
4. Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the
next letter of the English
alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with
the letter preceding it. How many
vowels are present in the new arrangement ?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
5. If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and
HIRE is coded as 7*3$ then how will HAIL
be coded in the same language ?
(A) 7&8*
(B) &7*8
(C) 7*&8
(D) 7&*8
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
6. How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH,
each of which has as many letters
between its two letters as there are between them in the
English alphabets ?
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) More than three
Ans : (E)
7. In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds fly very
high’, ‘ri so la pa’ means ‘birds are very
beautiful’ and ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the parrots could fly’.
Which of the following is the code for
‘high’ in that language ?
(A) na
(B) ka
(C) bo
(D) so
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
Directions—(Q. 8–12) In each of the questions below are
given three statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
given statements to be true even if
they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read
both the conclusions and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from
the given statements disregarding
commonly known facts.
Read the statements and the conclusions which follow it and
Give answer—
(A) if only conclusion I is true.
(B) if only conclusion II is true.
(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true
(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.
8. Statements : All stars are suns.
Some suns are planets.
All planets are satellites.
Conclusions :
I. Some satellites are stars.
II. No star is a satellite.
Ans : (C)
9. Statements : All fishes are birds.
All birds are rats.
All rats are cows.
Conclusions :
I. All birds are cows
II. All rats are fishes
Ans : (A)
10. Statements : All curtains are rods.
Some rods are sheets.
Some sheets are pillows.
Conclusions :
I. Some pillows are rods.
II. Some rods are curtains.
Ans : (B)
11. Statements : Some walls are windows.
Some windows are doors.
All doors are roofs.
Conclusions :
I. Some doors are walls.
II. No roof is a window.
Ans : (D)
12. Statements : All switches are plugs.
Some plugs are bulbs.
All bulbs are sockets.
Conclusions :
I. Some sockets are plugs.
II. Some plugs are switches.
Ans : (E)
Directions—(Q. 13–17) Study the following information
carefully to answer these questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work for three
different companies namely X, Y and Z. Not
more than three persons work for a company. There are only
two ladies in the group who have
different specializations and work for different companies.
Of the group of friends, two have
specialization in each HR, Finance and Marketing. One member
is an engineer and one is a
doctor. H is an HR specialist and works with a Marketing
specialist B who does not work for
company Y. C is an engineer and his sister works in company
Z. D is a specialist in HR working in
company X while her friend G is a finance specialist and
works for company Z. No two persons
having the same specialization work together. Marketing
specialist F works for company Y and
his friend A who is a Finance expert works for company X in
which only two specialists work. No
lady is a marketing specialist or a doctor.
13. For which of the following companies does C work ?
(A) Y
(B) X
(C) Z
(D) Data inadequate
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
14. Which of the following represents the pair working in
the same company ?
(A) D and C
(B) A and B
(C) A and E
(D) H and F
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
15. Which of the following combination is correct ?
(A) C–Z-Engineer
(B) E–X–Doctor
(C) H–X–HR
(D) C–Y–Engineer
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
16. Who amongst the friends is a doctor ?
(A) H
(B) E
(C) C
(D) Either E or C
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
17. Which of the following pairs represents the two ladies
in the group ?
(A) A and D
(B) B and D
(C) D and G
(D) Data inadequate
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)